Assessment & Learning Design Manager

The Assessment & Learning Design Manager at Salt in the UK will lead the design and quality assurance of learning and assessment products. Responsibilities include curriculum development, collaborating with Subject Matter Experts, prototyping new approaches, and data analysis. The role requires extensive experience in English language learning design and analytics. It offers a salary of up to £46,000 and includes hybrid working, requiring 2-3 days onsite.
Assessment & Learning Design Manager | Hybrid (Stratford, London) | Up to £46,000 + great benefits




We're partnering with a globally respected cultural relations and education organisation, delivering English language learning and assessment products used by millions of learners worldwide. With a major focus on the quality and effectiveness of their Schools, Higher Education and Work product lines, this is a genuinely varied role at the heart of how learning and assessment content gets designed and proven to work.




The Role

As Assessment & Learning Design Manager, you'll lead the design and quality assurance of learning and assessment products from early curriculum development through to prototyping and pre-testing. You'll work closely with Subject Matter Experts, Product and Research & Impact teams to make sure what gets built is pedagogically sound, valid and genuinely effective for learners — backed by your own hands-on data analysis.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape both the "what" and the "does it actually work" of assessment and learning design.




What You'll Be Doing

Support curriculum development across Schools, Higher Education and Work productsCollaborate with and brief Subject Matter Experts on content and assessment designLead prototyping of new learning and assessment approachesOwn pre-testing and pilot data analysis to validate design decisionsDeploy quality assurance frameworks across content and assessment developmentPrepare clear documentation and specifications to brief internal and external teams


What We're Looking For

Extensive experience in English language learning design and/or assessment developmentExperience using data analytics and test statistical analysis to assess and improve product effectivenessExperience managing test seeding, pre-testing or piloting processesHigher qualification in ELT, Assessment or Applied Linguistics (PhD, Masters, DELTA, Dip TESOL or equivalent)Comfortable working across a global business with multiple stakeholdersUK based with unlimited right to work — this role cannot support visa sponsorship or relocation


What's on Offer

Up to £46,000Civil service-style pension, up to c.20%+39 days holiday per yearHybrid working — 2-3 days per week onsite